Hand-knitter&#39;s reel.



A. M. VAN RENSSELAER'.

HAND KNITTERS REEL,

APPLICATION HLED MAR. 14. ms.

1,278,528. PatentedSept. 10,1918. 4

v mz y/ fi R BY ATTORNEY ARTHUR M. View RENSSELAER, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK.

HAND-KNITTERS REEL.

Application filed March 14, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR M. VAN RENSSELAER, a citizen of the United States.

' residing at New Rochelle, in the county of Vestchester and State of New York, have invented certam new and useful Improvements in Hand-Knitters Reels, of which the hand.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof and illustrating my invention in the best mode now known to me,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my new reel ready for use; and

Fig. 9. is a vertical central section thereof at line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view of the bobbin handle removed.

Referring to the drawings, the base 1 is provided with an upstanding bobbin-holding spindle 2 which as shown is held in place by its lower threaded end, being screwed into a flanged socket member 3 with which the base is provided. The upper surface of the flange is large enough to form a bearing for the under end member of the bobbin when it is mounted revolubly on the spindle the upper end of which is provided with a knurled head 5 between which and the socket member the bobbin may be braked by adjustment of the spindle in its socket. The form of bobbin is of considerable practical importance in order to facilitate the pulling 0E by the knitter of yarn wound on the bobbin without interfering with the turning movement of the bobbin as a reel, and without entanglement of the yarn, and without the yarn lapping over the bottom crosshead of the bobbin and bearing on the base. The bobbin in the form now shown may be considered as a vertical lengthwise section of a spool included between two parallel planes, one at one side, and the other at thefot-her side of the bobbin bore. I propose to make this bobbin of aluminum alloy, and the form of bobbin shown is desirable for economy of metal. As shown it comprises a pair of parallel body-forming upright members 6 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 10, 1918 Serial No. 222,305.

spaced apart and united at the bottom by a crosshead 7 which on its under side has a dependent tubular projection 8. The mem bers 6 are united at the top by a crosshead 9 that has an upstanding tubular projection 10. The tubular projections are alined and their bores receive the spindle on which the bobbin turns. The crossheads are parallel one with another, and each arm of the under or yarn-supporting crosshead is curved downwardly and outwardly at 11. This crosshead has a total length sufficient fully to support the mass of wound yarn on the bobbin across the bottom of the mass, and the said curvature is found convenient in winding the bobbins. The upper crosshead arms are curved upwardly and outwardly to facilitate the unwinding of the bobbins while the yarn is being knitted, and the top crosshead is made shorter than the under crosshead to facilitate the pulling off of the yarn by the hand knitter. When the yarn is in a mass on the under arm it is the under surface of the mass where not supported by the arms of the under crosshead that tends to sag downwardly so that its under sides will bear against the base, and the purpose of the tubular dependent projection 8 is to keep the lower end of the bobbin sufiiciently raised above the base to prevent the sagging yarn from running frictionally on it during the knitting,-thereby impeding the desired easy pull of the yarn from the bobbin.

When the bobbin, or any bobbin, is to be wound by hand, it is convenient to provide it with a handle by which the bobbin can be held in one hand while being wound by the other hand. As such a handle permanently fixed to the bobbin would interfere with the yarn during the hand-knitting operation, I provide the bobbin with a detachable handle, preferably but not necessarily constructed as follows, the under crosshead being provided with a side recess 12 midway between its ends on one side of the cross-arm. The under member of the bobbin is made with a recess 12 on its side and with a hole 13 extending lengthwise of the under member. The handle lt is made of a piece of spring wire looped and having one end portion wound about the other end portion as at 15, the two free ends each forming a jaw, one of which 16 is inserted lengthwise into the hole 13, and the other of which 17 snaps into the recess 12 whereby the cross-head is conveniently gripped and held.

What I claim is, I

1. A hand-knittersreel comprising a base, a spindle, and a revoluble detachable bobbin on the spindle; and a detachable handle for the bobbin; an end member of the bobbin having a radial hole for reception of a portion ofthe handle, and the handle having a spring member constructed to bear exteriorly on said end member.

2. A hand-knitters reel comprising a base, a spindle, and a revoluble detachable bobbin, the bobbin being provided with alined tubular extensions for reception of the spindle, the under end of the bottom extension bearing on the base and holding the bottom end ofthe'bobbin above the base; and a head for the upper end of the spindle, such head bearing on the upper end of the upper extension,

and a detachable handle; one of said heads being provided with a handle receiving opening, and the handle having a member adapted to clamp against the head to hold the handle detachably in place. 7

3. Inthe structure of claim 2,-the bobbin having a central body-forming portion formed at each end With a crosshead, the arms of Whichare parallel and oppositely curved on their opposed edges in the vertical direction, the under crosshead being longer than the upper crosshead, and each crosshead being formed midway between its ends with a tubular projection.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set.

my hand this 23 day of February, 1918.

ARTHUR M. VAN RENSSELAER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0.? 

